Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mižati

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mižati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From earlier *mizjati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰya-, from *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”). Identical to Latin mēiō (“I urinate”).

Verb

*mižati impf

1. to urinate
2. to drizzle

Conjugation

Conjugation of *mižati, *miža, *mižitь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ěti

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mižanьje	*mižati	*mižatъ	*mižalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*mižavъ	*mižę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mižaxъ	*miža	*miža	*mižǫ	*mižiši	*mižitь
Dual	*mižaxově	*mižasta	*mižaste	*miživě	*mižita	*mižite
Plural	*mižaxomъ	*mižaste	*mižašę	*mižimъ	*mižite	*mižętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mižaaxъ	*mižaaše	*mižaaše	—	*miži	*miži
Dual	*mižaaxově	*mižaašeta	*mižaašete	*miživě	*mižita	—
Plural	*mižaaxomъ	*mižaašete	*mižaaxǫ	*mižimъ	*mižite	—

Conjugation of *mižati, *miža, *mižajetь (impf., intr., -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ěti

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mižanьje	*mižati	*mižatъ	*mižalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*mižavъ	*mižaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mižaxъ	*miža	*miža	*mižajǫ	*mižaješi	*mižajetь
Dual	*mižaxově	*mižasta	*mižaste	*mižajevě	*mižajeta	*mižajete
Plural	*mižaxomъ	*mižaste	*mižašę	*mižajemъ	*mižajete	*mižajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mižaaxъ	*mižaaše	*mižaaše	—	*mižaji	*mižaji
Dual	*mižaaxově	*mižaašeta	*mižaašete	*mižajivě	*mižajita	—
Plural	*mižaaxomъ	*mižaašete	*mižaaxǫ	*mižajimъ	*mižajite	—

Related terms

• *mězga (“tree sap”)
• *mьza (> *mьzěti)
• *mьža (> *mьžati (“to drizzle”), *mьžiti (“to drizzle”))

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: міжа́ць (mižácʹ, “drizzle”)[1]
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: мижати (“urinate”)[2], миждати (“drizzle”)

    Latin: mìžati

• West Slavic: —

References

1. Aljaksandr Kryvicki, editor (1984), “міжаць”, in Turaŭski slóŭnik (in Belarusian), volume 3, Minsk: Навука і тэхніка, page 80
2. Pero Budmani, Tomislav Maretić, editor (1904-1910), “mižati”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Zagreb: JAZU, page 782

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mižati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 63
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mězga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 179
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьza”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 179
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьzěti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 179
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьža”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 179
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьžati II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 179
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьžiti II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 182